Burnhamville Township July 25, 2017

The regular meeting of the Town Board of Burnhamville Township was held July 25, 2017 at the Burtrum Community Center. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chair Mike Berscheit. Members present include Supervisors: Mike Berscheit, Louis Thompson, and Bruce Johnson; Clerk Shirley Hulinsky; Treasurer Pam Throener. Others present: Joe Maciej, Rick Baum, Ron Schmidt and Erv Herdering.
The minutes from the regular meeting of June 27, 2017 were approved as presented on a motion by Sup. Johnson. Motion was seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed.
For correspondence the township board members received letters from Planning and Zoning and notice of District 8 meeting on August 16.
After discussion of the work the beaver trapper did, Sup. Berscheit made a motion to approve the trapper’s billing and Sup. Thompson seconded the motion. A motion was made by Sup. Berscheit to pay all bills numbered 5453 through 5463: Rev. $563.30; R & B $5,623.10. Sup. Johnson seconded the motion. Motions passed.
Landowners and contractor for Forest Lane were present to ask supervisors if improvements were up to standards. Supervisors said it looked like a good amount of class 5 gravel was applied and the turnaround is good. There was an issue with rain washing the road in one area and a resident said that was taken care of. Also, one shed is too close to the road and may cause an issue with the snow plow. Overall the board said the road looked good and the residents said they would go ahead with the next steps of paying the contractor and getting the road petition signed.
A resident of 184th St. by Moose Lake contacted a supervisor to ask for that road to be bladed. That road is not a township maintained road and landowners are responsible for maintenance.
Supervisors are working on weed inspections. Thistles are very bad by Flicker Road and Essex Drive. Poison ivy and thistles are very bad also in ditches by Ermine Drive and Dunlin Road. Supervisor will go out with sprayer to control weeds in these areas.
In the road report the fence on 331st Ave still too close to the road. Maintenance personnel will not be liable for damage to fence during road and road right of way maintenance. Supervisors discussed plans to improve 210th St. Sup. Johnson made a motion to accept estimate of $15,000-20,000 from Herdering, Inc. to remove stumps and shape road ditch. Motion was seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed. Supervisor will talk to other landowners about taking the stumps. Also, Buck Lake access needs gravel.
Treasurer’s report showed a balance of $125,933.03. Treasurer’s report was approved by Sup. Berscheit and seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed.
A motion was made by Sup. Berscheit to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Sup. Thompson. Motion passed. Meeting was adjourned at 7:36 p.m. Next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Burtrum Community Center.
These are unofficial minutes.
Shirley Hulinsky, Burnhamville Township Clerk